Nelson & His World

Another poetry thread - which needs a bit of research.

I remember from many years ago that Mary Wilson - wife of P.M. Harold - was a bit of a poet.

Looking her up on Wikipedia there is actually a suggestion that she might have become Poet Laureate.

Anyway I saw some while back that she had written a poem called something like "They're Cleaning Lord Nelson". I can only assume that it was written when Nelson's Column was having a "wash and brush-up".

It's most likely in one of the anthologies she published. Can anyone track it down?

MB

(Anna - before long I reckon you'll have enough poems for a Vol 2. )

Abebooks have several of Mary Wilson's publications for sale at £0.63p plus p&p. Maybe I should rashly buy the lot in the hope of tracking down the poem - but we couldn't post it here because it will still be in copyright. Hmm.

As for Volume 2 - I don't think I have the strength for all the hassle of copy-editing etc! But we could have an on-line anthology here on the website. Maybe you'd like to start us off??!!